Cave Crawler

Cave Crawler is a small, free-to-play 2D platformer that launched on January 23, 2022. Shortly after launch, the developer added one bonus stage on January 30, 2022 to celebrate 20,000 downloads, followed by a feature patch on June 4, 2022 addressing particle effects and a bug fix. That was the extent of post-launch development for the original game. On September 3, 2024, the developer announced a full sequel — Cave Crawler 2 — and on October 9, 2024, confirmed it had launched for free on Steam. The announcement for Cave Crawler 2 included a thank-you message to everyone who played the original, framing it as a send-off. There have been no communications about any further content planned for Cave Crawler itself since that date. The store description presents Cave Crawler as a deliberately compact, finished experience ("short and sweet," 5 levels, 1 boss fight), and the developer's energy has clearly moved on to the sequel. Cave Crawler is a complete, self-contained product. The completion date is set to October 9, 2024 — the date the sequel launched and the developer's final communication about the original game.